User's Manual

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Arp Modes
After turning on Arp you’ll be in 1 of 7 Arpeggiator Modes, each resulting in arpeggios of
different note orders. To change the Arp Mode, press and hold the Arp button, and then press the
key corresponding to your desired mode. After pressing a key, you can see the pad above reflect your
changes (as per the previous section).
• Up – Here notes are played in ascending order (ie rising in pitch). If notes are added, the number
of notes in the sequence will grow but remain in ascending order. For example, you may start
by holding down a first note - E3 - then quickly add two more notes - C3 and G3. The resulting
arpeggio will be C3, E3 and G3.
• Down – This Mode is similar to Up Mode, but notes play in descending order (eg G3, E3, C3).
• Up/Down – This arpeggio Mode starts by playing notes in ascending order. Then, after reaching the
highest note, the notes descend towards there lowest note, which plays once before the arpeggio
rises again and stop before reaching the lowest note. This means that when the pattern repeats, the
lowest note only plays only.
• Played – Here notes are kept repeated in whatever order they were played.
• Random – In this Mode, the order of the chord notes is randomised indefinitely.
• Chord – All notes are played back on every rhythmic step (see Arp Rate). This makes playing fast
chords very easy.
• Mutate – Mutate creates its own notes and adds them to the arpeggio by turning the knob
under the label ‘Mutation’. Just turn this knob to alter your arpeggio in unexpected ways.
The nob itself goes from ‘gentle’ (left) to ‘crazy’ (right) – ie 25% left will add subtle variation
to your arpeggio, while 99% right will give you very unexpected results. When you’re happy with
what you hear, stop turning the knob. The notes are then set and will repeat indefinitely.